Episode 1: DrawnToSurvivor BEGINS!

~Sylph~ · Episode 1: DrawnToSurvivor BEGINS!

Welcome to DrawnToSurvivor!

I am your host Sylph Probst.

We have a pretty good turn out considering our forum's size.
Before we get started, let’s introduce our competitors:

This Season's Seven Survivors

Link

Known to Nintendo fans everywhere, we have Link (played by KillerSlime).
Link likes the number three, the color green and of course Princess Zelda.

Stinky

Next we have the coin crazy snail himself, Stinky (played by Austonst).
Stinky likes Beethoven and clam chowder. Clam chowder? Isn’t that verging on cannibalism?

Goomba

After losing too many battles to Mario, Goomba (played by Goombapatrol054) has decided to give the game of DrawnToSurvivor a try instead. Goomba likes chocolate and the number 54.

Luigi

Also tired of taking a backseat to his more famous brother Mario, we have Luigi (played by Sillyman) who adores his brother and pizza.

Foamy

Seeking refuge from a world over populated with trendy coffee shops is Foamy (played by Foamy). Foamy’s dislikes are far too numerous to list, but some of his likes are acorns and himsylph.

Fishyfriend

Who’s Fishyfriend? Our lone unknown (played by Fishyfriend) is hoping maybe this show will make him famous. Fishy balances his love of fish with an admiration of Tony Hawk.

Bucky Katt

And finally we have Bucky B Katt (played by Jazzy713) who loves monkeys: monkey kabobs, monkeys on the half-shell, well… you get the point. This cat’s got a few extra lives to spare, which may come in handy in this game.

Since participation is one of the most important parts of this game,
the first two Survivors to respond to this thread
will become the two tribes leaders.

FishyFriend

I'll be it?

KillerSlime

yay! i'm here! when do we start?

Jazzy713

Yay! We're starting!

Mmm... Monkey kabob...

~Sylph~

Ok Link and Fishy, you are the two tribe leaders.

Time to pick your tribe mates.

Fishy, you are first to pick. Who do you select?

FishyFriend

I Pick Foamy.

~Sylph~

Link, you are next to pick. Who do you select?

(Link and Fishy, you may continue to alternate picks until only one player remains.)

KillerSlime

i think, i want Goomba, if that's good with all.

FishyFriend

Me: Austin

KillerSlime

Luigi, care to join us other ninties in our ninty ways?

~Sylph~

Ok, the two tribes have been selected.

Tribe One

Fishyfriend (played by Fishyfriend)
Foamy (played by Foamy)
Stinky (played by Austonst)

Tribe Two

Link (played by KillerSlime).
Goomba (played by Goombapatrol054)
Luigi (played by Sillyman)

And what about Bucky?

Bucky Katt (played by Jazzy713)

Bucky, you have been sent to Textile Island and you are the only one safe from being voted off in the first episode!
What is Textile Island? What are the two tribe names?
Stay tuned!

KillerSlime

hehehe... one of the teams is all Nintendo characters, the other is all copywrighted animals/animal friends...

austonst

I'm tuned! And stayng that way!

KillerSlime

i think we're all waiting on sylph for her to start... i wonder exactly how it's going to work!

~Sylph~

Before the Tribe names are revealed,

Let's Take a Look At

Textile Island

The Nine Known Wonders of Textile Island

1) Starting at the top you'll notice the speckled dark patch known as Rocky Bael Boa Beach. As its name would imply, it's rocky and inhabited by the dreaded Bael Boas. The Boas werent indigenous to this island, but apparently a plane filled with them crashed on this beach and they've adapted nicely, if strangely.

2)Just south of Rocky Bael Boa Beach, hidden in dense jungle is the Ruined Runed Temple. The only runes anyone has been able to decypher were the ones over its entrance, which loosely translates to: Beware of Doug. Also surounding the temple are large statues of cows and very poorly drawn kids.

3)West of the Ruined Runed Temple in the middle of a large beach is an out cropping of trees, known to the locals only as The Sweaty Palms. Birds often fly here to eat the molusks they dig up, so it could also be said to be clammy.

4)South of The Sweaty Palms is the Super Sea Green Sandbox. Who built this, why and where they got that much sea-green sand is a secret no one has yet to solve. People have searched it up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, but it still continues to B A mystery.

5)North-east of the Super Sea Green Sandbox is the Bleu Lagoon, first discovered by the French Canadian explorer Laura Genoire. Some thought her name was Lisa, but it was not. The lagoons water is blue, cold and some say deep too.

6)Due east from the Bleu Lagoon is a cave. Strangely the cave had no name for a very long time, as the locals didnt seem too concerned with naming it, until european tourists came and popularized it's current name: The Cave With No Name. It's rumored that a famous spagetti western film director once spent a night in it.

7)Southwest of The Cave With No Name once stood the James K Polk Memorial Statue Garden. Now its just a Barren Plain filled with rocks far too large to wind a piece of string around. It seems everyone wanted all the smaller rocks. Some say Dr Spocks back-up-band destroyed the staue garden, but no one knows for sure.

8)The southern most nearly third of Textile Island is Businessman Beach. Apparntly the businessman dipicted on the large bust in the middle of the beach sold textiles and once owned this island. This is where the island got its name. Everyone by now has forgotten the businessman's name, but they do remember that he sold textiles.

9)Lastly south of Businessman Beach and a fair swim or wade, depending on the tides, is a Junked Junk. Now that's a darned shame, someone junking a perfectly good junk like that, you might say. We'd agree. But, Savage Steve, the most old rockstar-like pirate to ever set sail from Holland saw it otherwise. Savy?

Each and every episode leading up to the final will result in one DrawnToSurviver being sent to Textile Island.

Textile Island is full of mysteries and we plan to keep it that way. What you do with your time on Textile Island is entirely up to you and fate. And no one but you and the host will know what you did.
You could spend your time:

1) Relaxing.
2) Following the list of clues (which increases each episode by one) to search for the hidden immunity idol.
3) Following one of the optional quests in hopes of increasing your stats.
4) Suffering miserably if the weather is bad.
5) Lose all your social skills, find a swarm of flies and declare yoursylph their lord.
6) Being crushed to death by a Ball Boa as you cry to the camerawoman Adrianne to help you.
7) Who knows what.

Wait, what was number two again?
That's right!
Hidden somewhere on Textile Island is an Immunity Idol.(who didn't see this coming?)

More to come after this short? break.

foamy

phew i didnt miss anything! Laughing

yah im on fishy's time!
lets kick some a$$

KillerSlime

hey... don't kick us, we have varying pokey or otherwise damaging implements to use on you if you do... and then there would be hurtings... and we're not on textile island.
sylph, it sounds like you named the island after an island in Digimon... but not really. it's almost an island from there...
let's get this party started! yay!

Sodo

HEY! I'm in too

I had Naruto

~Sylph~

Ok, np Sodo, I thought you were out.

You, Naruto, will join Bucky Katt on Textile Island (though in a seperate location)

KillerSlime

oh... we could have divided equally... when does the play start? not to be impatient, it's feeling like teaser after teaser...

foamy

so when do we do something?

Jazzy713

I don't feel so alone now. Now we have to suffer together. HAHAHAHA!

I hope there's monkeys on Textile Island...

~Sylph~

Naruto and Bucky have been whisked away to Textile Island.
They have been dropped in seperate locations, unknown to each other.
They have been equiped with limited suplies,
Given the first clue to the location of the Hidden Immunity Island,
And will be there until the first Immunity Challenge is complete.
Again, they may spend this time however they like,
(by PM-ing me what they would like to do or attempt)

So lets Reveal the Two Tribe names, Followed shortly there after by the Reward Challenge!

Les Animaux De Fête
(or simply: The Animals)

Fishyfriend (played by Fishyfriend)
Foamy (played by Foamy)
Stinky (played by Austonst)

Partito Eccellente Di Mario
(or simply: The Marios)

Link (played by KillerSlime).
Goomba (played by Goombapatrol054)
Luigi (played by Sillyman)

Part One of The Reward Challenge Will Begin Now!
The Second Part to Follow Later Tonight or Tommorrow!

The first member of either tribe to answer correctly, in this thread,
what language(s) the two tribe names are in
and what they mean wins +.5 to Gathering for their entire tribe,
for gathering this information.

FishyFriend

Spanish.

~Sylph~

Sorry, Fishy, not a complete answer.
Everyone can only attempt the question once.

Can still answer:
Foamy
Link
Goomba
Luigi
Stinky

Can no longer answer:
Fishy
(However, Fishy, you could still try to solve it and PM a tribe mate the correct response, but they would have to reply with that response.)

Hint: There's lots of place one could go to in order to fish for this answer, but dont let my babbling distract you.

austonst

Les Animaux De Fête: French- The animals of celebration
Partito Eccellente Di Mario: Italian- The excellent party of Mario

~Sylph~

That Is Correct!

The Party Animals win +.5 Gathering
(Les Animaux De Fête)

Super Mario Party, better luck next time!
(Partito Eccellente Di Mario)

Now It's time For the Second Part of the Reward Challenge!

Everyone gather on their tribe's mats: Blue for The Party Animals and Green for the Super Mario Party.

You'll notice on the mats there are three heavy wooden boxes painted in your tribes color, aproximately three feet wide and weighing 100lbs each. You are not allowed to open any of them at this time. One contains rice and rope, another contains a pot to boild water in and fishing hooks, and the other contains flint and a machete. You cannot tell what any of the boxes contain.

Besides the three boxes there are three 5 gallon jugs of water weighing 45lbs and a fourth box with a question mark on it whose contents I wont reveal that is the same size and weight as the other three. You have to decide which of these provisions to carry with you back to your camp. Know that the more you carry the slower you'll travel, but these may be the only provisions you'll ever receive.

The tribe that makes it to their camp first wins.

Obviously with seven heavy items and only three members on each tribe you are probably going to have to leave some things behind.

Tribe leaders, Fishy and Link, it is on you to decide which items to bring and which to leave behind and who to assign to carry which items. But that's not all! For the price of a five minute penalty for each box you can choose to open them. The benefit is that the items the boxes contain weigh considerably less than the box and the weights inside of them to make them all weigh the same.

Once you have both made your decisions you will be given a map to lead you thru the jungle and to your camps. If you've elected not to open any of the boxes, you can begin running with the items you selected to your camp imediately. Otherwise, you will have to wait for as many penalty five minutes as boxes you opened.

The Winning Tribe Will Receive the items they chose to bring with them and a +.5 bonus to Endurance. The losing tribe will only receive the items they bring with them to their camp.

Since thats a lot of things to consider, Fishy and Link, please take your time and consider alll your options carefully. Foamy, Goomba, Luigi and Stinky you may make suggestions to your tribe leaders, but the ultimate decision is theirs.

So Fishy and Link, When you have made your decision, PM it to me and then the challenge will begin!

~Sylph~

Hmmm, was this challenge too hard?

Fishy?
Link?

FishyFriend

I kind of don't get it. Only the PM part is understandible. No offense.

~Sylph~

I'll break the decisions out and restate the goal of the challenge.

Objective:
Carry as many of the provisions as you can with you back to your camp. The first tribe to reach their camp will receive a +.5 bonus to their endurance. If you arrive before the other tribe without enough provisions though, the bonus will probably not be worth it. However, it would likely be worth it to leave some of the provisions behind to try to win the bonus.

The Provisions:
Three identical sealed 100lb wooden boxes that are unlabeled,
A fourth sealed 100lb wooden box which is labeled with a question mark.
And three five gallon jugs of water weighing 45lbs each.

Each of the unlabeled boxes contain different items. One has a large pot and fishing hooks inside of it, one has a flint and a machete inside of it, and one contains rice and rope. The contents of the box with a question mark on it is a complete mystery.

Decisions:

Decision #1)
First you have to decide if you open any, all, or a portion of the boxes. The benefit of opening a box is that it's contents will weigh less than the box itsylph and you will then know its contents. The penalty for openning a box though is that you will have to wait five minutes before starting your journey back to camp for each box you open. Whatever number of boxes you decide to open, including none, you are stuck with the results.

If you choose not to open any of the boxes, you can move dirrectly to decision #2

If you choose to open any, all, or a portion of the boxes, then PM me the number of boxes you wish to open and I will tell you the results before you need to make decsion #2. Also, if the mystery box is one of the boxes you wish to open tell me. Example: "I guess we'll open two of unlabeled boxes and the mystery box."

Decision #2)
Next you have to decide how many boxes, contents of boxes (if you open any of them), and jugs of water to bring back with you. If you choose to carry unopened boxes with you then you may not know their contents until you get to your camp. You inform me of your decision by PM-ing me.

Decision #3)
Finally you have to decide who in your tribe is carrying which items. It would be highly unlikely that someone could carry three unopened boxes alone as that would be 300lbs they would be carrying. Even carrying two unopened boxes (200lbs) would be something that only someone with high strength could do effectively. Most people would be able to carry two jugs of water or one unopened box though they probably wouldn't move very fast. In other words it is unlikely that you could carry all the provisions unless you opened some of the boxes, but you may not wish to carry them all. You inform me who is carrying what by PM-ing me.

After all the decisions are made then the race to your prospective camps will begin.

Does that make more sense?

~Sylph~

Ok, since neither tribe leader will make the decision, any of the other members of either tribe may make the call!

Anyone?

FishyFriend

sorry, I STILL DIDN'T get the PMS

~Sylph~

You send the PMs.

FishyFriend

I did but got no replies from Foamy or Auston...

KillerSlime

sorry, i don't know how i missed all this... ugh, sometimes, i just don't realize something is going on, it doesn't tell me if anything has been happening in some forums...
but yeah, i'll try to deal with this when i get back home...

crabbo

is it too late to join?

foamy

1. sent a pm
2. sorry to late crabbo.

FishyFriend

1. okay foamy.

2. STILL NEED PMS:

Austonst. waiting.... Neutral

foamy

isnt he still in france?
i lost track from not caring/lazyness

Sodo

"i lost track from not caring/lazyness"

You're my hero

foamy

really lets just go fishy.

foamy

...ok wtf?

~Sylph~

Threw a challenge out there, no one from either team has responded and I left it up to anyone at this point, not just team leaders.

foamy

carry 2 jugs of water
open two boxes.
whats in the box's Unsure

~Sylph~

LoL that was suposed to be in PM, but that's ok.

Now all we need to do is get the other tribe to reply!

foamy

do they have a time limit?

goombapatrol054

k sylph, i sent you a pm

foamy

yeah! finally!

~Sylph~

Last thing and we can get this Challenge started right.

Foamy, PM whom you assign which items to carry, amongst your tribe mates.

austonst

Foamy! Ding ding! 'Ello? 'Ello? You be there? Thwap

foamy

oh yeah soory...MY FACE!!! Mad

i pmed them should i just pm you the rolls?

austonst

Yeah, PM sylph about them.

foamy

me 2.

foamy

hello?

austonst

What's going on? you pm'd sylph, right?

foamy

Yeah...
I say we make a new forum for this.
Where we're active. >.>

FishyFriend

Where?